Indians impressive again at 2nd leg of Asian GP athletics

Indian athletes continued their impressive performance in the Asian Grand Prix series by grabbing 10 medals, including four gold, in the second leg here today.
M R Poovamma (women's 400m), Rajiv Arokai (men's 400m), Jithin Thomas (men's high jump) and Nitin Rawat (men's 3000m) bagged a gold each while Krishna Poonia (women's discus), Kheta Ram (men's 5000m) and Renjith Maheswary (men's triple jump) grabbed a silver apiece.
Siddhanth Thingalaya (men's 110m hurdles), Anu Mariam Jose (women's 400m) and Arpinder Singh (men's triple jump) won a bronze each at the IPE Chonburi Campus Stadium.
Poonia, who had finished fourth in the first leg, missed the Moscow World Championships 'B' standard of 59.50m by seven centimetres.

India had won 12 medals (four gold, five silver and three bronze) in the first leg in Bangkok on May 4.
M R Poovamma won his second gold of the series in women's 400m race in 53.57sec. She had won the race in the first leg in Bangkok in 52.97sec.

Another Indian, Anu Mariam Jose finished third in 54.86sec, well below her bronze-winning effort of 53.95sec in Bangkok.
Rajiv Arokia changed the colour of the medal from the silver he had won in Bangkok in the first leg to gold here in men's 400m race as he set new personal best timing of 46.54sec. He had finished second in Bangkok in 46.91sec.

Jithin Thomas also defended the title he won in Bangkok by clearing 2.21m, three centimetre more than his gold-winning effort in the first leg. Compatriot Nikhil Chitarasu, who was second in Bangkok, finished sixth with 2.18m.